No background picture?

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  latnz · Member · Mar 18, 2010 at 12:54 am

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  I have a paid CSS upgrade for http://grausbc.org. My background no longer shows up when I display any pages. The GIF file is there in my Media Library (bowl22.gif), and the custom CSS hasn’t been changed so the background should be there.

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  timethief · Member · Mar 18, 2010 at 1:05 am

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  Staff monitor threads here and answer questions from time to time, but this is primarily a peer support forum where your fellow bloggers volunteer to answer questions.Volunteers don’t have backend access to blogs and cannot provide technical fixes, only Staff can. Have you considered contacting Staff directly ? http://en.support.wordpress.com/contact/

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  devblog · Member · Mar 18, 2010 at 1:25 am

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  The GIF file is there in my Media Library (bowl22.gif)

  No, is not. This is the URL in your background property:

  http://s-origin.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/bowl22.gif

  When pasting that URL in my browser, I get a 404 page.

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  latnz · Member · Mar 18, 2010 at 12:10 pm

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  Timethief: thanks for reminding me of that. I will contact them directly. I was very tired when I posted my query last night.

  devblog: The URL in my background property, according to my custom CSS and my media library, is http://grausbc.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/bowl22.gif, which does exist. I have not made any other changes to my custom CSS since November.

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  devblog · Member · Mar 18, 2010 at 12:18 pm

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  This is what I see in your CSS file:

  ul.primary-links {
  display:none;
  }
  
  #wrapper {
  background:url('http://grausbc.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/tenpinheader1.jpg') repeat-x scroll 50% 0;
  height:600px;
  }
  
  #wrapper #container #header {
  height:184px;
  }
  
  a:link,a:visited {
  color:#0000FF;
  text-decoration:none;
  }
  
  body {
  background:url('http://s-origin.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/bowl22.gif');
  color:#494949;
  font:12px/170% Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
  margin:0;
  padding:0;
  }

  That’s what the server is sending. If you have one thing in your CSS and the server is sending something else, then that’s a wordpress issue and you might want to contact support.

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  latnz · Member · Mar 18, 2010 at 12:34 pm

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  Thanks. Everything is the same except for that one particular URL, I see http://grausbc.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/bowl22.gif in my custom CSS window where you see http://s-origin.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/bowl22.gif where you are looking from. I have contacted support. I appreciate the help.

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  latnz · Member · Mar 18, 2010 at 1:37 pm

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  Ok, I had some time inbetween compiles and other projects while at work, so I started searching the forums a little more thoroughly. I found one post in the CSS Customization forum that was similar (Images show error, but their URL is right). I went to Edit CSS and previewed my page, the background was there. So even though I hadn’t made any changes, I saved my custom CSS again and that seems to have solved the problem. Thanks for the hints that got me on my way. (And I contacted support again to let them know I’ve resolved the problem). Thanks again!

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  devblog · Member · Mar 18, 2010 at 2:20 pm

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  Glad to know. And think nothing of it.